- Full name - Kantilal Girdharilal Vora
- Born on 17th January 1924 in Bagasara town in Amreli district of Gujarat
- His last show was in Ahmedabad in June 2012
- Performed 22000 shows in 61 years
- Lived and worked most of his life in Kolkata, the Magic Capital of India
- Great magician Ganpati Chakravarty accepted K. Lal and led him to becoming magician
- Returned to his home state in 1990
- K Lal had started displaying his mastery with creating illusion way back in ‘40s in a gathering in Vanthali village
- The veteran had started employing computer-generated graphics and imagery to add to the impact
- He was also maintained a personal collection of over 10,000 magic books
- The magician was 88 years
- Passed away at his residence at Ashram Road in Ahmedabad
- Demise was early on Sunday – September 23, 2012
- The last rites performed at SG Road crematorium
Speaks every week, or atleast twice a month, on the institutional activities of Asia's first Magic Academy in Kerala, India and the individual endeavours of its founder, Gopinath Muthukad. Address: Magic Academy, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695012, India. Tel: 0091 471 2358910 Fax: 0091 471 2355920 Emails: magiceditor@gmail.com (PR Department) magicacademyindia@gmail.com (Admin. Department). Editor: Deepak M, Consultant Editor: K.P. Sivakumar
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Magic K Lal - a life sketch
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